BPA Conducts 'Busan Port New Port Site Safety Inspection' for the New Year

Busan Port Authority (BPA, President Kang Jun-seok) conducted an on-site safety inspection around Busan New Port on the 12th to encourage the hard work of port workers and prevent safety accidents in the new year.

Hong Seong-jun, Head of Operations Division (second from the left), is inspecting the security facilities near the new port small vessel pier.

Hong Seong-jun, Head of the Operations Headquarters, and the Head of the New Port Branch visited the construction site of the Busan New Port Fireboat Squadron building, which is planned to be built within the New Port small ship pier, the site for the Smart Joint Logistics Center in the Seo'con' Hinterland Complex, and the construction site of a company scheduled to move into the Ungdong Hinterland Complex in the first half of the year, inspecting safety management status together with related personnel.

They identified risk factors such as freezing, frost damage, and floor icing of port facilities, and at the construction sites, they thoroughly checked key safety management points including compliance with safety rules during concrete pouring and the placement of signalmen.

Hong Seong-jun, Head of Operations at BPA, said, “Taking this inspection as an opportunity, we will reestablish safety awareness that may become lax at the beginning of the year, strengthen safety management of port facilities and construction sites, and strive to realize a safer and more pleasant Busan Port.”

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